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In line with government plans to boost production and draw foreign investment to the aquaculture sector, Oman is encouraging foreign investors to take advantage of opportunities in fisheries and maritime exports.

Several of Indonesia’s developmental priorities – promoting local industry, stimulating domestic consumption and improving infrastructure – have come into sharp focus in recent months, as the government attempts to temper demand and keep pace with growth. In an effort to suppress a bubble in consumer spending, the central bank has set a minimum down payment of 30% on new automobiles and 25% on motorcycles.

With Abu Dhabi having invested heavily in building new attractions to draw in visitors, tourism officials are now busy promoting the emirate in a number of other markets, such as China and Saudi Arabia. Their efforts appear to be paying off, with a rise in the number of hotel guests coming from key source markets during the first half of 2012.

Les recettes provenant du tourisme, et des investissements directs à l'étranger (IDE), reprennent en Tunisie. Dans le même temps, plusieurs indicateurs économiques se sont améliorés au cours de la deuxième moitié de l’année 2012. En dépit de la pression sur les finances publiques due au niveau élevé de dépenses et d’investissements à l’heure actuelle, les autorités sont optimistes quant au retour de la croissance économique en 2012.

The government has announced plans to increase allocations to a key investment fund although there are still questions on how this move will affect state spending at home. The decision to strengthen the investment fund comes at a time when the government is also seeking to boost the domestic economy through its latest five-year National Development Plan (NDP).

The local economy appears set to sustain its recent upward momentum, as investor confidence returns and some core sectors rebound. However, there are still concerns that weak performance of key trading partners and tight liquidity could hold back expansion.